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[futureyes]

hey everyone ... we have a birthday in the house !!!

can we all sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KARELIA

ok, on the count of three ... one, two ...

CHEERS KARELIA!!!!

[THE eXchanger]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KARELIA

LOVE /SUSAN
the eXchanger

[karelia]

Originally Posted by eXchanger

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KARELIA

LOVE /SUSAN
the eXchanger

Thank you!

I've seen how love has been multiplying all day just in my little corner of the universe, and it is an incredible sensation, one I hope I can hold on to for many eons and one I hope will multiply across all the universe.

Some music, perhaps?

Wow, and talking about Across the Universe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM

Blessings,
k

[karelia]

Originally Posted by futureyes

hey everyone ... we have a birthday in the house !!!

can we all sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KARELIA

ok, on the count of three ... one, two ...

CHEERS KARELIA!!!!

*laughs in delight* Thank you, futureeyes! And thank you for inviting me here! The tofu was very delicious. I think a glass of wine would go down well. Round is on me. Have whatever you prefer.

k

[Dantheman62]

Here ya go,happy birthday!

[futureyes]

have fun karelia, could be a looooooonng night for ya, don't say i didn't warn you ...

ahh, it's all fun and it's your birthday ...

ENJOY!!!

[karelia]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

Here ya go,happy birthday!

Excellent fare! *raises glass*

[Dantheman62]

The Beatles, good choice, don't drink to much wine, LOL!

[Wormhole]

What do you mean... too much wine? I never heard of such a concept. Thanks for the Tull... I ended appropriately with "Thick as a Brick".

Cheers,
Wormhole

[Dantheman62]

I booked some entertainment for tonight! LOL!

[futureyes]

now, let's see ... what three stooges do we have in the lounge this evening ...



what three stooges do we have in the lounge EVERY evening ...



i LOVE the three stooges

[karelia]

*laughs*

*wipes eyes*

Oh, the enJOYment has reached new heights! That picture of wine shelves? Classic!

[futureyes]

Originally Posted by karelia

*laughs*

*wipes eyes*

Oh, the enJOYment has reached new heights! That picture of wine shelves? Classic!

oh yes, i so do love all the pretty colors on the shelves too, so many to choose from ...

hadn't realized the lounge was stocked with so much abundance

who manifested all this selection ???

[Dantheman62]

Here's some geek facts for you to read.

648 B.C.
The first know record of a total solar eclipse is made by the Greeks.
1869
Celluloid becomes the first plastic to be patented. Read more about the history of plastic.
1876
The American Chemical Society is founded by a group of thirty-five chemists who meet at the University Building of New York University. Visit the official American Chemical Society website.
1889
George Eastman releases the first Kodak Camera to stores.
1906
First animated cartoon film, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, by J. Stuart Blackton, is copyrighted in the US. Despite the film’s rough use of simple animated chalkboard drawings, it is a revolutionary achievement. Watch Humorous Phases of Funny Faces in your browser at Wikipedia. Read more about the history of Animation at Animated Divots. IMDB listing Running Time: 3 mins

1925
Imperial Airways becomes the first airline to show a film on a scheduled flight. The first film shown is First National’s classic silent film, The Lost World. IMDB listing
1930
Executive James Dewar of Hostess invents Twinkies, small shortcake treats filled with banana cream filling. Visit the official Twinkie website.
1931
Experimental television station W2XCD of Passaic, New Jersey, operated by the De Forest Radio Corporation, broadcasts the first of six daily installments of the full-length feature film Police Patrol. It is the first full-length film to be broadcast by a television station.
The Little Orphan Annie radio series premieres on WGN in Chicago, sponsored by Ovaltine. The show will eventually graduate to a national audience on the NBC Blue Network. The fifteen minute episodes air six days a week at 5:45pm. It will grow in popularity until October 30, 1936, when Shirley Bell Cole, who played the part of Annie, quit the show over a contract dispute.
1936
Universal Pictures releases the first of thirteen episodes of the science fiction serial Flash Gordon, directed by Frederick Stephani and starring Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, and Frank Shannon, to US theaters. The serial was produced on a budget of US$350,000. IMDB listing Running Time: 4 hrs 5 mins
1938
Du Pont researcher Roy J. Plunkett discovers Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later renamed Teflon. Plunkett and his lab assistant Jack Rebok were researching the chemical reactions of the gas perfluoroethylene when he discovered an apparently defective cylinder of the gas with the same weight as the other full cylinders. Inside the cylinder, they discovered a slippery white powder with unusual chemical properties, such as being an exceptional dry lubricant and having a very high melting point, PTFE. Visit the official Teflon website.
1953
Universal Pictures releases the science fiction comedy film Abbott and Costello Go To Mars, directed by Charles Lamont and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, and Dudley Dickerson, is released to US theaters. The film was produced on a budget of US$762,000. IMDB listing Running Time: 1 hr 17 mins
1954
Swanson & Sons puts the first TV Dinner on sale. Visit the official Swanson TV Dinner website.
1955
The New York Times publishes a page-length column reporting the discovery of Carnegie Institute astronomers Bernard F. Burke and Kenneth L. Franklin that the planet Jupiter emits radio waves resembling short bursts of static like those which interfere with radios during lightning storms. It is the first time that radio waves have ever been detected emanating from any planet within the solar system. The discover was announced at the semi-annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Princeton, New Jersey.
1965
Intelsat 1 (Early Bird), the first commercial communications satellite to be placed into a geostationary orbit is launched from Cape Canaveral, following the Russian’s earlier launch of the “WORM” test satellite. Visit the official Early Bird website.
1967
The Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever” first airs. (No. 28) In it, the Enterprise discover a portal that leads to other places in time, and McCoy accidentally enters and alters Earth history. Kirk and Spock follow him in order to stop the Nazis from winning World War II. The first draft of the episode was written by acclaimed author Harlan Ellison, who receives credit, however, the screenplay was edited several times before being finalized. Memory Alpha entry
1968
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, and Douglas Rain, is released to US theaters, four days after its April 3rd premiere at the Uptown Theatre in Washington, D.C. It will be nominated for four Academy Awards and win one for Best Visual Effects. Produced on a budget of US$12 million, the film based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. IMDB listing MPAA Rating: G Running Time: 2 hrs 19 mins
1969
The final episode the science fiction Western The Wild Wild West, “The Night of the Plague,” airs on CBS, after four seasons and 104 episodes. The series follows two Secret Service agents through the old west as they foil the schemes of madmen using a wide array of unlikely gizmos. The series is notable among geeks for its gratuitous use of gadgets. TV.com entry
1973
NASA launches the Pioneer 11 spacecraft on a mission to investigate the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Unlike Pioneer 10, which only explored Jupiter, Pioneer 11 will use Jupiter’s mass as a gravitational slingshot to alter its trajectory to a path towards Saturn. On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 will become the first space probe to perform a flyby of Saturn, passing within 21,000km of the planet’s cloud tops. Visit the official Pioneer Project website.
1987
The anime series City Hunter premieres on Animax and Yomiuri TV in Japan. It will run for four season and a total of 140 episodes.
1990
Tecmo releases Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in Japan.
1992
At the Comdex/Windows World conference held in Chicago, Illinois the Microsoft Corporation introduces the Windows 3.1 operating system, which provides IBM and IBM-compatible computers a graphical user interface (GUI). Windows 3.1 features improved support for CD Audio, MIDI, modems with speed up to 9600bps, sound cards, and Super VGA monitors. The operating system abandons “Real Mode,” a vestigial environment dating back to the Intel 8086 processors. It introduces scalable TrueType fonts and the Control-Alt-Delete command (also known as the “three finger salute”), and it refines the object Linking and embedding (OLE) concept, allowing users to cut and paste data and objects between applications. In total, the software is comprised of over three million lines of code. Price: US$149.00

Konami releases the run and gun Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in North America. Visit the official Contra 3 website. ESRB: E (Everyone)
1993
The explosion of a radioactive waste tank at the Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises military research facility at Tomsk-7 releases an enormous radioactive cloud over Russia 1,700 miles east of Moscow. It is the worst nuclear accident in the country since the incident at Chernobyl in April 1986. Read more about Tomsk-7 at the Global Security website.
1994
Namco releases Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
1997
Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) releases the racing game 2 Xtreme for the PlayStation in Europe.
1998
BBC Books publishes the science fiction novel The Hollow Men by Martin Day and Keith Topping. (ISBN 0-563-40582-1) It features the seventh Doctor. Outpost Gallifrey entry Length: 288 pages
Jasc Software releases version 5.0 of Corel Paint Shop Pro for Windows. This version features several improvements in its user interface and, for the first time, support for layers. As the lack of an ability to work with layers was the application’s major disadvantage in the graphical editing software market, version 5.0 is a major advance. Visit the official Paint Shop Pro website.
1999
Del Rey releases the fantasy novel Enchantment by Orson Scott Card as a hardcover. (ISBN-13: 978-0345416872) It is the story of a Ukraine-born, American graduate student who is transported to the ninth century to take on the role of the prince in a Russian version of Sleeping Beauty. Visit the author’s official website. Length: 400 pages
International Business Machines (IBM) introduces the RS/6000 Model H70 as the world’s fastest 64-bit, four-way web server. The server, designed to host ecommerce sites, bench tests at 11,774 hits per second.

[BROOK]

Happy birthday Karelia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTN0sSXDEQ

[Bonnie]

A massage in that room past the bar sounds blissful right about now. A nice glass of wine, after that, will, definitely, make it better. Hey Dantheman, you're doing such a good job w/ the food and drinks. Since there is such a large selection of fine wines, how about some plates/platters of good artisanal fromage accompanied with nuts, fruit chutney, dried fruits and crackers; crudite or vegetable skewers w/ dip(s) and/or Antipasto. You know for those of us who just want to nibble at something with their drink. If you need more vegetarian meals for all our non-eating meat and fish friends like mudra, how about some:

* Blue cheese polenta cakes topped with a seasonal vegetable ragout
* A savory saffron french toast topped w/ carmelized fennel and drizzled with a saltana (golden) raisin vinaigrette
* Caramelized onion tart topped with mustard greens, caraway and pecans
* Chevre, tomato and basil tartlet
* Slow roasted ****take mushrooms in crispy potato cup w/ savoy cabbage
* Butternut squash ravioli with a sage and walnut brown butter sauce topped w/ parmesan cheese

I can, personally, tell you that these dishes are pretty tasty. Hey Gio, what do you think, my friend? Good joke, by the way. I raise my glass of wine to you Keralia, happy birthday.

[karelia]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Since there is such a large selection of fine wines, how about some plates/platters of good artisanal fromage accompanied with nuts, fruit chutney, dried fruits and crackers; crudite or vegetable skewers w/ dip(s) and/or Antipasto. *snip*

I can, personally, tell you that these dishes are pretty tasty. Hey Gio, what do you think, my friend? Good joke, by the way. I raise my glass of wine to you Karelia, happy birthday.

I love cheese. I make my own, too. And crudite! *melts*

Thank you for your kind wishes.

k

[Wormhole]

Karelia,
With all of the hard work you've been up to lately, this ones on me!

Peace of Wine,
Wormhole

[giovonni]

Every Kind of People


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeLvI...eature=channel

[Luminari]

Happy Birthday Karelia!

I'd also like to say Happy Birthday for yesterday to this man:

[Dominic]

Happy belated b-day Karelia.

Treat each day like your birthday.

[henners]

Yeah , Happy belated Birthday, Karelia!, Here come and cut your cake, there is a piece with your name on it.



Then we can all have a piece.......uhmmmmmm....cake.......

[henners]

Hey everybody, the new sign just went up on the wall for the Lounge bar. Check it out.

Sorry I'm late guys, taxi driver didn't know where it was.

Who's handing out the Ayahuasca?

[Dantheman62]

HaHa our first mod!, hey Steve be sure and tell Jack where to find us!, and Bonnie, I'll work on the fruit and nut thing, hmmm isn't there enough fruits and nuts here already? LOL!